By NICK GOSNELL
Hutch Post
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — County Commissioner Ron Sellers will be part of the interviews today of the three finalists for the County Appraiser position.
"I like the way our county administrator, Randy Partington does interviews for director positions," Sellers said. "He usually has three groups interview the candidates. One is a group of Reno County employees, usually directors of departments. The second is kind of a group of people from the community, then he has a personal interview with that person. He gets input from three different areas on what might be the best candidate."
Sellers has been impressed with Partington's suggestions so far.
"Our Communications Specialist seems to be an excellent hire," Sellers said. "Our new personnel director/HR director is doing a very, very good job. This process seems to work for Randy."
Sellers believes that the role of commissioners is to advise and support the administrator when making these decisions.
"I hope that county government goes more and more in that direction," Sellers said. "We hire the county administrator to run the departments. Our role should be more in an advisory role. Thinking about the future, thinking about what is going well, thinking about what needs improvement, advising the county administrator. These department heads are really his decision, in the finality."
The hope is to have potential hires for both the county counselor and county appraiser positions on the commission agenda soon.